A TON ACCOMPLISHED AND A GREAT TIME HAD BY ALL
April 28 was a beautiful spring day…the kind of day the City of Lakewood and CCTU were hoping to get for the annual spring planting and clean-up day at Bear Creek Lake Park. This year, 19 CCTU volunteers partnered with the city to help conserve, protect, and restore a stretch of urban Bear Creek. These industrious folks helped revegetate the stream side by planting 350 red osier dogwoods, willows, buffalo berries, and star bushes along with eight good sized cottonwood trees. All native plants! In addition these folks built a barrier wall to block and restore an unauthorized equestrian stream crossing. The twist this year was all these materials were purchased through funds earned by our own CCTU fundraiser and the support of all our CCTU chapter members. After the work we held a tongue-in-cheek fishing contest on that same stretch. Data from that contest goes to Colorado Parks and Wildlife to help them manage what is hoped will become a proper urban trout fishery in time. Contest awards were given for quickest fish landed (two hours 11 minutes), largest trout caught (6 inches) and most flies lost (11). A fun and rewarding time was had by all, and many thanks to our volunteers!